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finally made Dumb Jeopardy -- (link) - mr mooch Dec 4, 09:30
random legal thing that always surprises me when i'm doing research: just one single federal district court for the entire state of NJ - mr mooch Dec 4, 09:24
2025 Club World Cup will be streamed free worldwide -- (link) - psilotum Dec 4, 09:24 2
- Heh. In that case, how do you pronounce DAZN? -- nm - JD Dec 4, 09:33 1
  - dah-zone -- nm - prayformojo Dec 4, 09:34
Mega Millions is close to $600M now, btw -- nm - oblique Dec 4, 09:20
post those Spotify wrappeds to tell the world all the musicians you fucked out of their money this year -- nm - mr mooch Dec 4, 09:13 11
- 2024 total listens for me was way down, but I streamed ~ 5,580 songs this year, at 0.004 per stream, that's an $22 Spotify paid. - JaxSean Dec 4, 09:52
- That sounds like a challenge -- (edited) - JD Dec 4, 09:31
- Considering most of what I listen to on Spotify is shit I've already bought - several times - I don't really feel too bad about it at all. -- nm - Jim Dec 4, 09:26 2
  - same for my daughter. all stuff they bought the overpriced LPs for already -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Dec 4, 09:29 1
    - Yup. I have Thriller on vinyl, cassette, cd and mp3...purchased in all formats. So - yeah, I'll stream Billie Jean as much as I want. :) -- nm - Jim Dec 4, 09:33
- Thanks to my youngest daughter’s obsession with it because of Barbie, I am in the top .005% listeners for the song “Push” by Matchbox Twenty. - Volnelk 🍊 Dec 4, 09:20 2
  - Top 3% fan of Taylor Swift. - Volnelk 🍊 Dec 4, 09:24 1
    - My top 5 artists this year (#1 will shock you!!!!) - Jim Dec 4, 09:34
- No, I don't use Spotify. - Dark Callisto 🦊 Dec 4, 09:17 2
  - heh -- nm - JaxSean Dec 4, 09:53
  - 😏 -- nm - JD Dec 4, 09:29
Heh, Im sorry, but you cant sound like this and expect anyone to think you're not on his payroll or something. (regarding South Korea) - Jovian Dec 4, 09:02
Two historically low-income neighborhoods in Washington, D.C., have been secretly excluded from Amazon’s expedited delivery service over the last - oblique Dec 4, 08:50 [BS] 5
- Good. Sue the shit out of them. It's the only way anything's going to get done these days. -- nm - Mop🧹 Dec 4, 09:11
- how big are these neighbourhoods that they are paying millions for Prime? $1,000,000 @ $99 a year is 10,000 memberships... -- (edited) - Beaker 🍺 Dec 4, 08:54 3
  - It's 139/year and the DC AG estimates 48,000 customers impacted. - ty97 Dec 4, 09:05
  - it's SE, where all the black residents were historically segregated from the rest of the city -- nm - mr mooch Dec 4, 08:58 1
    - oh I just assumed it was black neighborhood; more wondering about how large an area (my hometown is 10,000 for example) - Beaker 🍺 Dec 4, 09:00
Spirit Awards 2025 noms: -- (edited) - mud Dec 4, 08:36
Trump's pick to head DEA withdraws after GOP criticism of his COVID policy -- (link) - ty97 Dec 4, 08:22 [BS] 9
- I hate to ask this, but was it a "good" COVID policy or a "bad" COVID policy? -- nm - Mop🧹 Dec 4, 09:10 4
  - I haven't looked because we already both know the answer. -- nm - ty97 Dec 4, 09:12 1
    - True. -- nm - Mop🧹 Dec 4, 09:12
  - Alas, it was "good" policies. He enforced public health orders during the pandemic. So now we get a *worse* candidate. -- nm - Mop🧹 Dec 4, 09:12
  - Hillsborough Co is Tampa/St. Pete (the Austin of FL) -- nm - mr mooch Dec 4, 09:11
- lol the extremely Pro-Life Party -- nm - mr mooch Dec 4, 08:31
- hmmm .. who'll be the next pick? I don't believe Stringer Bell is available. -- nm - mud Dec 4, 08:24 2
  - Nor Brad Wesley -- nm - Jovian Dec 4, 08:35
  - Walter White -- nm - VMan Dec 4, 08:30
Wow. So sounds like that shooter in NYC got away clean. -- nm - Jovian Dec 4, 08:12 8
- a possible motive -- (link) - mr mooch Dec 4, 08:44 [BS] 1
  - Jentucky fried chicken. -- nm - znufrii Dec 4, 08:45
- Seems impossible it will remain that way. -- nm - ty97 Dec 4, 08:13 5
  - I dont know man. The shooter had this planned well. He was masked and had his escape route already set and escaping on bike. -- nm - Jovian Dec 4, 08:15 1
    - There are a lot of cameras around these days. They're pretty good at catching people lately. -- nm* - Krusty Dec 4, 08:26
  - I dunno .. used a silencer, a hood and a bike. -- nm - mud Dec 4, 08:14 2
    - Maybe, but just so many cameras in this city -- nm - ty97 Dec 4, 08:15 1
      - this mope's still at large: -- (pic) - mud Dec 4, 08:21 [Attachment]
oh joy Peter Navarro returns -- (link) - mud Dec 4, 08:11 [BS] 3
- surprised it took this long. -- nm - Jovian Dec 4, 08:37 2
  - he's an idiot AND an asshole .. oh wait they all are. -- nm - mud Dec 4, 08:42 1
    - oh he is absolutely one the dumbest and biggest a-holes of them all though. -- nm - Jovian Dec 4, 08:58
The Five Stages of Raw Dogging a Flight - JD Dec 4, 08:03
oral arguments in the SCOTUS case to decide whether Sam Alito gets to write an opinion ending trans rights underway -- nm - mr mooch Dec 4, 07:57 2
- [spittake] .. Alito?! -- nm - mud Dec 4, 07:59 1
  - His point is that if the revoke rights, it'll probably be Alito who writes it. -- nm - Mop🧹 Dec 4, 08:53
CEO of United Healthcare fatally shot outside hotel in Midtown Manhattan. - loosilu Dec 4, 07:36 1
- duh, I need my eyes checked. -- nm - loosilu Dec 4, 07:46
latest naked bribe of an incoming president by foreign nationals story of the day (i was led to believe this was an impeachable offense by Jim Comer) -- (link) - mr mooch Dec 4, 07:35 2
- *shrug* it'll collapse and then there'll be lawsuits. Let the suckers suffer. -- nm - Mop🧹 Dec 4, 07:56
- But Hunter's laptop! -- nm - loosilu Dec 4, 07:36
Dead & Company Announce 2025 Residency at Sphere in Las Vegas -- (link) - Remlik Dec 4, 07:35
Why are people so helpless? - Dano Dec 4, 07:30
BTW, FBI recommends you stop texting -- (link) - oblique Dec 4, 07:04 [BS] 20
- Specifically texting between Apple and Android -- nm - Fuzzy Dec 4, 08:44
- Is it just that hackers can see my texts or can they gain other access through some vulnerabilities? - Dano Dec 4, 07:08 18
  - I believe the former is the concern. Many services still text authorization codes and people certainly will send sensitive information to others - oblique Dec 4, 07:09 17
    - I could see the authorization code thing, but at least that's time sensitive. Is the recommendation to get those by email instead? -- nm - Dano Dec 4, 07:13 5
      - probably better than text. MFA apps are preferred and Passkeys or other FIDO2 compliant options (hardware keys) being the best -- nm - oblique Dec 4, 07:14 4
        
        But it feels like most places that do the auth code thing don't even offer those options. It's just 'text or e-mail a code' -- nm - ty97 Dec 4, 07:22 3
        
        MFA apps are pretty common now (google authenticator is the one I use). Passkeys are really new -- nm - decline Dec 4, 07:29 2
        
        And then my information is going to be exposed multiple times anyway due to a vulnerability in an application that every company uses like MoveIt. -- nm - Dano Dec 4, 07:31 1
        
        the authenticator app only has a user id (or email). -- nm - decline Dec 4, 07:42
    - 2FA, 3FA, MFA -- nm - budice Dec 4, 07:11 10
      - *receives a text code to put into another app to be sent an email with another code to enter on a website to get a third code - Bayronmax Dec 4, 07:26 7
        
        It's crazy. Fanduel recognizes my face to sign me in but then sends me a code that I also have to enter. Feels like a lot. -- nm - Volnelk Dec 4, 07:35 4
        
        My voice is my passport -- nm - ty97 Dec 4, 07:36 3
        
        Ed-na Mode... and guest -- nm - Edna Mode Dec 4, 07:40 2
        
        Just seems like overkill. If someone has my phone and uses my face to access the account, the code also goes to the phone that they are holding. -- nm - Volnelk Dec 4, 07:51 1
        
        The weakness is that phone numbers can be cloned and text messages are sent to not your phone. The text system was never designed to be secure - JD Dec 4, 08:06
        
        Your ideas are intriguing to me, and I wish to subscribe to your newsletter -- nm - ty97 Dec 4, 07:27 1
        
        You should also include two people turning keys at the same time. -- nm - Bayronmax Dec 4, 07:33
      - BMFA - Inigo Dec 4, 07:14 1
        
        Beyotch, Master of Fine Arts! -- nm - prayformojo Dec 4, 07:51
New NYC HQ for Disney @ 7 Hudson -- (link) - budice Dec 4, 06:48 1
- Current (or I guess previous) HQ was a couple of blocks from me. -- nm - ty97 Dec 4, 06:56
And could we perhaps make one less movie about the Beatles or Dylan and make simply one movie about Ronnie Spector? -- nm* - ty97 Dec 4, 06:35 11
- There aren't enough movies about the Beatles. -- nm - loosilu Dec 4, 07:27
- we? -- nm - mud Dec 4, 06:44 9
  - I mean most of my movies are about the Beatles. -- nm - mafic Dec 4, 07:13
  - WE -- nm - ty97 Dec 4, 06:44 7
    - ‼️ -- nm - mud Dec 4, 06:45 6
      - I'm not saying "don't make movies about The Beatles/Dylan". There are just many of them. Let's get *1* Ronnie movie. -- nm - ty97 Dec 4, 06:46 5
        
        "Zendaya to play Ronnie Spector in new biopic" -- (link) - mud Dec 4, 06:50 4
        
        (article is dated 2020) -- (link) - mud Dec 4, 06:51
        
        That was four years ago!!!! -- nm - ty97 Dec 4, 06:50 2
        
        Maybe get Ariana DeBose -- nm* - ty97 Dec 4, 06:51 1
        
        I'd watch that. -- nm - mud Dec 4, 06:52
OTD 60 years ago The Beatles released their 4th album, the oddly titled "Beatles For Sale". The U.S./Canada version, titled "Beatles '65", came out later in the month. -- (link*) - mud Dec 4, 06:27 [youtube] 1
- Beatles for Sale is easily their most underrated album. -- nm - loosilu Dec 4, 07:28
CA13 done. Adam Gray (D) wins. 220 R / 215 D - oblique Dec 4, 06:17 [BS] 1
- I don't get the rush to announce. It's not even been a month. (NM) - Marlowe Dec 4, 06:28
UnitedHealthcare CEO fatally shot in Midtown Manhattan just before he was due to speak at UNH investor day -- (link*) - oblique Dec 4, 06:12 14
- I heard about the shooting (without details) this morning and was NOT expecting this follow-up news. -- nm - ty97 Dec 4, 06:33 1
  - First thought went to a family member of someone who couldn't get treatment, but who knows. -- nm - ty97 Dec 4, 06:33
- I wonder if pissed of pt or family member. Unitedhealthcare - James Bond (aka Igor) Dec 4, 06:28 9
  - I get constant solicitations from them through AARP. I had one of their plans for a while but let it drop as unneccessary. It paid - Meg Dec 4, 07:40
  - I'd put money on family member of a denied treatment patient -- nm - Pippy aka Desparada Dec 4, 06:37 7
    - Agreed -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Dec 4, 07:14
    - That's where the Law and Order episode that is ripped from this headline will focus, but then there will be some twist. - ty97 Dec 4, 06:41 5
      - someone needs to write an episode that the murderer is actually a writer on a similar show and commits a crazy murder to give himself a great plot - Andie Dec 4, 06:44 4
        
        That's the plot of (spoilers) -- (edited) - Roger More Dec 4, 07:08 1
        
        see, it's a good idea! (spoiler) - Andie Dec 4, 07:23
        
        this is genius! -- nm - Pippy aka Desparada Dec 4, 06:57
        
        whoa! -- nm - mud Dec 4, 06:56
- Work for a competitor, should be an interesting day -- nm - budice Dec 4, 06:24
- In a targeted attack. Wow. -- nm - Will Hunting Dec 4, 06:15
PopTartsBowl: Frosted Cinnamon Roll joins Frosted Hot Fudge Sundae and Frosted Wild Berry as the three mascots this year. -- (pic) - budice Dec 4, 05:48 [Attachment] 1
- I appreciate the silliness of this and the fact they lean into it -- nm - Bayronmax Dec 4, 05:53
ohhh now taking dinner suggestions for during survivor. I lean to either chinese or taco bell. -- nm - amanda Dec 4, 05:41 4
- My Aunt liked Taco Bell. Today would have been her 78th birthday. Maybe I get Taco Bell tonight. -- nm - ty97 Dec 4, 07:23
- I haven't watched last week yet. Maybe I will take the normal Survivor time tonight to watch last week's episode and then catch up. -- nm - Dano Dec 4, 07:02
- I say - you should have Korean in honor of your boy Sol. -- nm - Jim Dec 4, 06:31
- Pop Tarts -- nm - budice Dec 4, 05:51
Hoo boy. President-elect Donald Trump is considering Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) to replace his embattled pick for defense secretary. -- (link) - ty97 Dec 4, 05:34 [BS] 10
- Florida Man. -- nm - zunk takes things literally Dec 4, 05:45
- is hesgeth out? or are we just assuming that he will be? -- nm - amanda Dec 4, 05:41 7
  - Ill also say, that Joni Ernst being floated as well would be a great choice for SecDef. - Jovian Dec 4, 07:18
  - I thought for sure that this was just a lot of noise. But it does seem he's in real trouble. -- nm - Jovian Dec 4, 06:44
  - His mom is apparently going on Fox News this morning to defend him. -- nm - ty97 Dec 4, 06:34 3
    - You know, because her own texts told him he was an abuser of women. -- nm - pmb Dec 4, 07:03 1
      - Yeah, sounds like is (was?) going on to try to downplay the message she sent that Fox News *never once reported on before today* -- nm - ty97 Dec 4, 07:25
    - Always a good sign. -- nm - Dano Dec 4, 07:02
  - After reading up on the police reports (or at least some of them), I don't know how he could get confirmed. - RelucantCynic Dec 4, 05:54
- I literally LOL'ed on my way into work when that came on the news -- nm - oblique Dec 4, 05:38
TV PSA: NHL, NBA, Survivor, Abbott Elementary, Sullivan's Crossing, Masked Singer, The Floor, The Summit, Bad Sisters, Pop Culture Jeopardy, - Beaker 🍺 Dec 4, 04:40 6
- Abbott Elementary, The Floor and Shrinking -- nm - Krusty Dec 4, 06:53
- this is me, soliciting reviews of the new season of bad sisters. -- nm - amanda Dec 4, 05:24 1
  - doesn't have the "fun" of the first season. which was also serious/dark in its own way but there was a caper element to their scheming - mr mooch Dec 4, 07:11
- anyone planning on watching Pop Culture Jeopardy? seems right up ST's alley.... -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Dec 4, 04:52 1
  - To paraphrase Sheldon Cooper, I don't care for novelty versions of Jeopardy. I prefer the classics: Original and Celebrity. -- nm - Bayronmax Dec 4, 05:38
- Survivor and keep watching Marco Polo -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Dec 4, 04:51
Murdle 1:53 - Fuzzy Dec 4, 04:22
Happy birthday, CCC! Woo hoo!!! 🥳🎂 -- nm - Krusty Dec 4, 04:13 1
- Don Homer! -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Dec 4, 04:31
Remember when I mentioned I was in the lift at work with a bunch of people dressed as elves the other day. This is why -- (link) - LMS Dec 4, 03:54 [youtube] 1
- You have such an interesting life at work. :-) -- nm - RelucantCynic Dec 4, 06:06
Connections Puzzle #542 - GYxxxPB - prayformojo Dec 4, 03:43 5
- xBYxxx - mud Dec 4, 06:20
- Rather similar to you and decline: BYxxPG - RelucantCynic Dec 4, 05:58
- blech xxYBxGP - decline Dec 4, 05:34
- Did you know that the stats page before you solve the daily puzzle gives you a different view of your history? -- (pic) - Fuzzy Dec 4, 04:00 [Attachment] 1
  - nope. that's cool -- nm - prayformojo Dec 4, 04:03
Murdle: 7:26 - prayformojo Dec 4, 03:01
Wordle 1,264 4/6 - prayformojo Dec 4, 02:38 2
- 4 - rollo Dec 4, 05:31
- 3 - decline Dec 4, 05:27

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